Monday, 9 April 2018

classical mechanics - Analytic proof of the non-integrability of the Henon-Heiles system?


The Henon-Heiles potential is


$$ U(x,y ) = \frac{1}{2} (x^2 + y^2 + 2 x^2 y - \frac{2}{3} y^3) .$$


This is a two degree-of-freedom system. The full Hamiltonian is



$$ H = p_x^2 + p_y^2 + U(x,y ) . $$


It is shown by numerics that it is non-integrable. But can one prove it rigorously analytically? The problem boils down to proving the non-existence of a second first-integral/integral-of-motion.


If this problem is too difficult, is there any simpler model whose non-integrability can be proven analytically?




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